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Body to frame bushings

Dafey

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Can these be replaced with out jacking up the body?
Like 1 at a time? The very front ones are nasty and cracking , about to come out.
I can just imagine what the rest look like...
 
You will have to take the pressure off somehow, so I don't think even one at a time that it would work without raising the body. Someone else may have a way of doing it, but as soon as that bushing is out the body is going to want to drop down, forcing you to really fight to get the bushing lined up, or raise the body anyway.
 
you def have to lift the body up.old bushings are smaller than the new,so it must be done.loosen all one side and then do one at a time.i lifted my body with a scissor jack and that worked real well because of its compact size and fits inbetween the body and frame enough to lift it and not tweek it bad.
 

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